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Fewer hours in a student job may reduce the risk of dropping out of university. But other factors also play a role, says expert.
State employees — including university staff — can now look forward to more pay, better parental leave terms, and more flexibility. This is after an agreement that also focusses on stress-related illness, says a UCPH union representative.
After years of relying on awareness campaigns, a copyright enforcement group is now stepping up its efforts to combat illegal textbook copying by students at Danish universities.
Both research and teaching will feel the aftershocks of the large-scale cuts at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, with entire research fields set to disappear. The dean announces tighter financial controls.
Sergey Rosbakh left the Faculty of Science in December 2025 and now says that the credibility of UCPH as an employer has been undermined. According to the dean at the faculty the risk of reputational damage is a »genuine concern«.
Chemistry professor and Nobel Prize winner Morten Meldal now appears alongside the giants of Danish history in the portrait gallery at Frederiksborg Castle. The University Post was there for the unveiling of John Kørner’s work.
Final DKK 50 million cut postponed to 2029–2030 — equivalent to 150 full-time salaries. Management expects no major rounds of layoffs, but does not rule out unit-specific dismissals.
The Round Tower’s three-tonne dome has been removed as part of the restoration of what used to be a University of Copenhagen science hub.
Two University of Copenhagen researchers adopt the concept of the »diplomatic extreme« to make sense of the US president’s statements on Greenland.
A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Council calls »a collective failure of management«.
